Market Maker Surveillance Report. WHX, STEM, EDU, ANTH, CCMO, DGAZ, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, Ju
July 18, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 3894 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3156 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2180 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Wednesday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Whiting USA Trust (NYSE:WHX), StemCells Inc (NASDAQ:STEM), New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc (NYSE:EDU), Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANTH), CC MEDIA HOLDINGS INC-A (OTC:CCMO), (NYSE:DGAZ). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:
Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction WHX $-5.730 -35.09% 856,025 29.16% 1,043,751 35.56% -187,726 -328 STEM $-0.300 -16.67% 5,361,872 48.45% 5,686,062 51.38% -324,190 -10,806 EDU $-5.120 -35.02% 17,863,805 25.83% 21,568,283 31.19% -3,704,478 -7,235 ANTH $-0.270 -16.88% 2,805,118 42.33% 3,818,209 57.62% -1,013,091 -37,522 CCMO $-0.550 -16.42% 34,200 24.78% 94,450 68.43% -60,250 -1,095 DGAZ $-5.770 -17.09% 58,030 25.40% 59,374 25.98% -1,344 -2Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar losses (Change) and extremely low price friction in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.
For example, the chart above shows WHX with a dollar loss Wednesday of $-5.73000 and a Friction Factor of -328 shares. That means that it only took 328 more shares of selling than buying to move WHX lower by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive prices lower faster than normal.
Whiting USA Trust (NYSE:WHX) - Whiting USA Trust I is a REIT. The trust was founded in 2007 and is based in Austin, Texas. Whiting USA Trust I operates as a subsidiary of Whiting Petroleum Corp.
StemCells Inc (NASDAQ:STEM) - StemCells, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of stem cell therapeutics and related technologies. It develops cell-based therapeutics for the central nervous system and liver. The companys lead product candidate, HuCNS-SC cells have completed a Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of infantile and late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, a neurodegenerative disease that affects infants and young children. HuCNS-SC cells are also in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of Pelizeaus-Merzbacher disease, a fatal myelination disorder in the brain. In addition, it involves in preclinical development with its human liver engrafting cells (hLEC) to evaluate hLEC as a potential cellular therapy for a range of liver diseases. Further, the company is developing and commercializing applications of its technologies to enable stem cell-based research to academic and industrial laboratories. It markets a range of proprietary cell culture products under the SC Proven brand, including iSTEM, GS1-R, GS2-M, RHB-A, RHB-Basal, NDiff N2B27, NDiff 2 and 27 supplements, HEScGRO, and ESGRO Complete proprietary media. StemCells, Inc. has exclusive rights to approximately 50 issued or allowed U.S. patents, and 200 granted or allowed non-U.S. patents. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc (NYSE:EDU) - New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services primarily in the Peoples Republic of China. It offers a range of educational programs, services, and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training; test preparation courses for admissions and assessment tests; primary and secondary school education; development and distribution of educational content; software and other technology; and online education. The companys language training courses primarily consist of various types of English language training courses, and other foreign languages, including German, Japanese, French, Korean, and Spanish. It offers test preparation courses for language and entrance exams used by educational institutions in the United States, the Peoples Republic of China, and commonwealth countries. The company also operates primary and secondary schools in Yangzhou. In addition, New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc develops and edits content for educational materials for language training and test preparation, such as books, software, CD-ROMs, magazines, and other periodicals. It distributes these materials through various distribution channels consisting of own classrooms and bookstores, as well as third-party distributors. Further, the company offers various online education programs on its Web site koolearn.com. Additionally, it provides consulting services to help students through the application and admission process for overseas educational institutions, as well as post-secondary educational programs to help students seek career opportunities. The company offers educational services under the New Oriental brand name. As of May 31, 2009, it offered education programs, services, and products through a network of 48 schools, 222 learning centers, and 24 bookstores. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China.
Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANTH) - Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing therapeutics to treat diseases associated with inflammation, including cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. Its primary product candidates include varespladib methyl (A-002), which has completed its Phase 2 clinical studies for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome; varespladib sodium (A-001) that is in a Phase 2 clinical study for the prevention of acute chest syndrome associated with sickle cell disease; and A-623, which has completed Phase 1 clinical studies for the treatment of B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases. The company has license agreements with Eli Lilly and Company, and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. to develop and commercialize secretory phospholipase A2 or sPLA2 inhibitors for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and other diseases; and Amgen Inc., to develop and commercialize A-623. Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.
CC MEDIA HOLDINGS INC-A (OTC:CCMO) - CC Media Holdings, Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Radio Broadcasting, Americas Outdoor Advertising, and International Outdoor Advertising. The Radio Broadcasting segment owns a portfolio of stations that offer an assortment of programming formats, including adult contemporary, country, contemporary hit radio, rock, and urban and oldies to a total weekly listening base of approximately 113 million individuals. It also operates Premiere Radio Network, a national radio network that produces, distributes, or represents approximately 90 syndicated radio programs and services for approximately 5,000 radio station affiliates, as well as owns various sports, news, and agriculture networks. As of December 31, 2009 this segment owned 894 domestic radio stations, including 260 AM and 634 FM radio stations. The Americas Outdoor Advertising segment owns or operates approximately 195,000 displays consisting of billboards, street furniture and transit displays, airport displays, mall displays, wallscapes, and other spectaculars. The International Outdoor Advertising segment includes its operations in Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe. It owns and operates various displays that consist primarily of street furniture, transit displays, billboards, mall displays, smartbike schemes, wallscapes, and other spectaculars. This segment owned or operated approximately 639,000 displays. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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